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Brolly 1.1 now does its own testing of secure connections

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Now checks which versions of TLS a server supports, and gives details of its full headers with caching disabled.

October 8, 2021 Macs, Technology, Updates

Brolly: a utility to help understand failed secure connections

A convenient utility to check secure connections under ATS using the nscurl command tool. For El Capitan to Monterey.

October 5, 2021 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Web woes worsen

It should have been so easy: a quick change of Root certificate. So why all the chaos, and most of all why you mustn’t compromise your security as a result.

October 3, 2021 General, Macs, Technology

The TLS mess in OS X El Capitan

With OpenSSL 0.9.8zh and 1.0.2d and LibreSSL 2.1.8, El Capitan is an out-of-date mess, and needs tidying for the sake of security.

March 23, 2016 Macs, Technology

OS X El Capitan is probably due an important security fix

A serious vulnerability was discovered in OpenSSL in the New Year. Although the conditions in which it is […]

January 28, 2016 Macs, Technology

Encryption: how Logjam can defeat secure connections

Could your HTTPS and VPN be so easy to crack that a well-prepared hacker could open your secure connections?

November 16, 2015 General, Macs, Technology

Encryption: secure at the command line

How to build commands to robustly encrypt and decrypt files on your Mac.

November 10, 2015 Macs, Technology

OS X and another OpenSSL vulnerability

There is news tonight that OpenSSL versions 1.0.2d and 1.0.1p will shortly be released to fix a security […]

July 7, 2015 Macs, Technology
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